EU trio plan high-level nuclear talks with Iran

LONDON/VIENNA: Britain, Germany and France will pursue talks with Iran on its controversial nuclear programme and a high-level meeting in Europe is pencilled in for this week, Western diplomats said on Tuesday. Despite reports that Iran is close to getting the materials for a nuclear bomb, European sources said the trio was committed to resuming negotiations to achieve their aim of stopping Iran from getting atomic weapons. “Discussions are ongoing, we still firmly believe that this is the right way to achieve our goal,” said a spokesman for the Foreign Office in London, who declined to give further details. That chimed with comments from Paris earlier this month that it favoured dialogue with the Islamic Republic. Berlin agreed. “The talks continue on the basis of our well-known position,” said a German government source, declining to comment on a date or venue for a meeting. Several Western sources said a meeting of senior officials from Iran and the three EU countries was planned, but not confirmed, for Thursday in a European city, most likely Paris. reuters

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